"The long-term goal is to prepare [underrepresented minorities] to become those critical staff scientists that we need for the future workforce, hopefully here [at ORNL]." Debbie McCoy, RAMS Program Administrator.

"Even if you are not doing science when you are an advisor, you definitely bring your training as a scientist to the table  and this can be of great benefit," says Nancy Kingsbury, Science Advisor at Natural Resources Canada.

"It's our way to articulate not only the importance of integration of teaching and research but also to communicate that the Canadian community is really making great strides in science education as well as in scientific research," explains James Gentile, President of Research Corporation.